High blood pressure of pregnancy tied to developmental problems in children
Originally published April 2, 2020 by The New York Times
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association – Psychiatry has tied pre-eclampsia – a mother’s high blood pressure during pregnancy – to increased risk of epilepsy, intellectual disabilities, hearing and vision loss, cerebral palsy, ADHD and autism in children. The study used a Norweigian health database to track almost 30,000 children exposed to pre-eclampsia.
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